"How do you pronounce "Hoplite"?" Topic
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| JCBJCB | 08 Oct 2013 7:06 a.m. PST |
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| AndrewGPaul | 08 Oct 2013 7:26 a.m. PST |
In response to socalwargamer, there is already a Greek phrase that answers that satisfactorily: molon labe* Look at how the English speaking world has butchered "gyro" a pita sandwich or the rotisseried meat it contains. Over here, that's pronounced "kebab".  *I tried entering it in Greek, but IE8 or TMP didn't like it. |
| The Young Guard | 08 Oct 2013 2:07 p.m. PST |
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| TKindred | 08 Oct 2013 2:55 p.m. PST |
In some areas of these United States, "Gyro" has been phonetically replaced with "hero". It was actually used in a line from the film "Kelly's Heroes" where oddball declares: "To a New Yorker like you, a hero is some type of weird sandwich, not some nut who takes on three Tigers." |
| brevior est vita | 08 Oct 2013 5:17 p.m. PST |
Gyro sandwich: link
(Kelly's) Hero sandwich: link
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| TKindred | 09 Oct 2013 3:24 a.m. PST |
Unfortunately, those pics, regardless of the accuracy you point out, don't hold true everywhere in these United States. Gyro & Hero are interchangeable in some sections, especially where no Greek community exists to show the difference. And as for Hero, again THAT name may be replaced with Sub, Torpedo, Italian, etc sometimes even within the same city! So, yeah……. it fits with this entire discussion: Words can (and often do) have multiple meanings, and pronunciation(s) are fungible. |
| sumerandakkad | 09 Oct 2013 3:50 a.m. PST |
Well, that's all as clear as mud! |
| Cerdic | 09 Oct 2013 11:01 a.m. PST |
I thought a gyro was similar to a helicopter? |
| TKindred | 09 Oct 2013 10:46 p.m. PST |
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| brevior est vita | 10 Oct 2013 4:03 a.m. PST |
1970 movie poster depicting the (Kelly's) Hero sandwich, in all it's glory:
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| brevior est vita | 11 Oct 2013 8:09 a.m. PST |
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